Pennsylvania HB 236: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in public indecency, further providing for the offense of obscene and other sexual materials and performances.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 189
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 236
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GLEIM, ROAE, BANTA, HAMM, M. MACKENZIE, STEHR,
GROVE, KAUFFMAN, CUTLER, LEADBETER, SMITH, ROWE, ZIMMERMAN
AND WALSH, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in public indecency, further providing
for the offense of obscene and other sexual materials and
performances.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5903(j) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 5903. Obscene and other sexual materials and performances.
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(j) Exemptions.--Nothing in this section shall apply to any
recognized historical society or museum accorded charitable
status by the Federal Government, any county, city, borough,
township or town library, any public library, any library of any
[school,] college or university or any archive or library under
the supervision and control of the Commonwealth or a [political
subdivision] municipality.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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